The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-02-11

VII remain whole and sprinkle them with
3 little salt, pepper and nutmeg. Pour a
y'Ii of sweet cream over them, and on
this strew some grated cheese. Bake
for ten minutes in Il hot oven so that
the top may be delicate brown; serve
with toasted brown bread.
\ NEAT little workbox may be made
of u cigar box. Cover the outside with
leather, plush or satin, and line the
inside smoothly with satin of contrast
no color. On theinside of the top make
II c:,sr for pair of scissors and one to
hold two papers of needles. In the
bottom of the box fasten little cushion
i'll one corner, and in the opposite one
a case for u thimbe. At the side of
the box next the cover fasten, even with
the ton, little needle book. The cases
and cushions should correspond in color
to the outside of the box.
REACHES are the most formidable foe
of the kitchen. They breed in warm
places and usually select holes or in
prevent as well as to destroy them,
p tty up or fill with plaster every hole,
crack, aperture and interstice in the
brick, stone woodwork, walls, floor and
ceiling of the kitchen. This renders
them homeless. Then drench them
whenever and wherever seen with scald-
ing water, OF hot water in which you
have some washing soda and chloride of
lime. Afterward sprinkle the places
where they congregate with pulverized
borax and Persian insect powder. In
one week, if these suggestions be acted
up to, the most infected kitchen will be-
free from reaches
FRIED sCAInoPs. -Drain carefully,
and after seasoning them with salt and
pepper, roll them lightly in fine bread
crumbs. Beat two eggs in soup plate,
with spoon OF fork, and after dipping
the scallops in the egg, roll them in a
quantity of crumbs and lay them on a
large platter Be careful that they do
not touch each other. When all have
/ been Dreaded, place in the frying-basket
as many as can be accommodated on
the bottom and plunge into boiling fat
Care should be taken that the fish are
thoroughly seasoned with salt previous
to the breading, and that the fat is Sc
hot that blue smoke rises from the
centre.
IT is sometimes difficult matter to
ventilate bedrooms properly. Opening
window often causes draught that
may be moro injurious than air less
pure. A very simple veutilator which
allows free current of air without pro.
ducing a draught may be made by any
one. Have piece of inch board, four
inches or more in width, cut to fit IN
the window casing. It should be long
enough to preclude any draught enter
and rest it on the top of the board, so
that no air may pass between the sash
and the board. A free current of air
will then pass between til" upper and
room.
PIANO COVERS An inexpensive cover
for an upright pianoforte can be made
OF two wide strips of dark red reversible
canton flannel of the best quality, with
centre strip of bed ticking the same
width us the outer ones. The three
strips when joined should be the exact
width OF the piano top. Cover all the
white lines in the ticking with briar-
stitching in bright colored crewels and
the blue lines with the simple cross
stltch-done in gold thread-that is
used to hold down. the open seams of
flannel skirts. The ends OF the cover.
which should hang over considerably.
may be finished with a gray linen
fringe either knitted or crocheted, and
embelli'hed with gilt balls sewed on
at intervals.
FcoG SOUP, made by the following re-
cipe, is recommended for persons with
weak lungs or suffering from severe
cough. After skinning the hind legs
of twenty-four frogs, put them in cold
water for one hour. At the end of this
time drain them, put them in sauce
pan and set upon slow fire, stirring
occasionally until they turn yellow; take
them out of the saucepan, mince the
flesh quite fine and put it back in the
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